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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1975-76 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| count = 26
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Yajurvindra Singh]] (Maharashtra) (583)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1975/76 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1975-76/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Abdul Ismail]] (Bombay) (38)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1975/76 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1975-76/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1974–75
| previous_tournament = 1974–75 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1976–77
| next_tournament = 1976–77 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1975–76 Ranji Trophy''' was the 42nd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] retained the title defeating Bihar.

==Highlights==

* A 16 year old [[Kapil Dev]] made his [[first class cricket|first class]] debut for [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] against [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] taking 6 for 39 and 2 for 78.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35708.html Haryana v Punjab, Rohtak, 1975/76]</ref>

==Group stage==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}

===West Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 2.972
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.003
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.830
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.692
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.750
|}

===South Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.752
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 1.371
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || '''18''' || 1.603
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''5''' || 0.385
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''4''' || 0.332
|}

===Central Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.816
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.224
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.169
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.602
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.647
|}
{{col-2}}

===North Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''30''' || 5.348
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.500
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 0.714
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''10''' || 0.653
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.376
|}

===East Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 4.714
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.416
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.614
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.309
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16|style=white-space:nowrap

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 100px

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|9 Jan 1976 — Jaipur|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|279 & 157/6|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''286'''
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|9 Jan 1976 — Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''50/8d & 376/8d'''|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]|279 & 76

|8 Jan 1976 — Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|334 & 108|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''392 & 207'''
|17 Jan 1976 — Bangalore|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''465 & 296/6d'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|444 & 56/2
|8 Jan 1976 — Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''205'''|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|135 & 66
|16 Jan 1976 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''222 & 275/4d'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|281 & 146

|25 Jan 1976 — Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''394 & 35/0'''|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|157 & 268
|30 Jan 1976 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|310 & 159/2d|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''329 & 54/2'''

|15 Feb 1976 — Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|161 & 240|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''352 & 50/0'''

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no|skipmatch05=yes|skipmatch06=yes|skipmatch07=yes|skipmatch08=no
|RD1 = Pre-Quarter-finals|RD2 = Quarter-finals|RD3 = Semi-finals|RD4 = Finals
|3rdplace=no}}

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 15–19 February 1976
| team1 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] (H)
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''161 (72.2 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sumit Shome]] 34
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Abdul Ismail]] 5/48
| score-team2-inns1 = '''352 (121 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ashok Mankad]] 98
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sekhar Sinha]] 4/117
| score-team1-inns2 = '''240 (102 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Daljit Singh (cricketer, born 1940s)|Daljit Singh]] 87
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Abdul Ismail]] 5/58
| score-team2-inns2 = '''50/0 (11.4 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ramnath Parkar]] 31*
| result = Bombay won by 10 wickets
| venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
| umpires = [[Mohammad Ghouse]] and [[B. Satyaji Rao]]
| motm =
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35897.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bihar won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1975-76.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1975 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1976 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1975–76]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

{{Indian-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

1975 76 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Eldarmrk at 11:26, 1 May 2026